Click position control apparatus, click position control method, and touch sensor system

US8970518B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8970518-B2
Application numberUS-201113318633-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 14, 2011
Priority dateMar 10, 2010
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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A click position control apparatus that controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates an input device including a clickable touch sensor including the touch sensor and a click detecting unit, the click position control apparatus including: a touch position information generating unit which generates touch position information indicating a position on the touch sensor touched by the user; a click judging unit which detects a click on the click detecting unit; a click position information generating unit which generates click position information indicating a click position when the click is detected; and a correcting unit which corrects the click position information based on a positional relationship between a reference position on the input device and the click position.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A click position control apparatus that controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates an input device including a clickable touch sensor including the touch sensor and a click detecting unit which is disposed under the touch sensor and is pressed when the user clicks the touch sensor, said click position control apparatus comprising: a touch position information generating unit configured to generate touch positio…

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What does patent US8970518B2 cover?
A click position control apparatus that controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates an input device including a clickable touch sensor including the touch sensor and a click detecting unit, the click position control apparatus including: a touch position information generating unit which generates touch position information indicating a position on the t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ujiie Yoshihiro, Kobayashi Susumu, Yamauchi Masaki, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F3/03547. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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